David Fishburn wrote:
> This sympton I was only able to reproduce on some Unix machines, I can now
> produce it on Windows machines too.
>
> If you execute this command:
> let msg = "Enter character:" | echo msg | let c = getchar() | let c =
> nr2char(c)
> | echon c
>
> The output you get is:
> Enter character:j
>
>
> Some users on different *nix machines report they get:
> Enter character:
> j
> Press Enter or type command to continue.
>
> Where I cannot reproduce this exactly, there is a simple variant which can
> be reproduced.
>
> gvim -u NONE -U NONE -N
> :let msg = "Enter character:" | echo msg | let c = getchar() | let c =
> nr2char(c)
> | echon c
>
> If the command fits on one line, I get:
> Enter character:j
>
>
> If you make the width of the screen smaller so that the command above (90
> characters long) must wrap, when you execute it you get:
> Enter character:j
> Press ENTER or type command to continue.
>
> Is this a bug or is it expected?
Expected. The prompt is on the second line from the bottom. Going back
to the text means the output of "echon" is removed, since a redraw is
needed (scroll everything down).
If you set 'cmdheight' to 2 then there is no need for the redraw and you
don't get the press-enter prompt.
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